# agitprop
## English
### Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation +‎ propaganda.
The verb is derived from the noun.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈæd͡ʒətˌpɹɑp/, /-ˈpɹɑp/
* Hyphenation: agit‧prop

### Noun

agitprop (countable and uncountable, plural agitprops) (politics)
* (uncountable, also attributively) Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
** 2020 June 23, John Bolton, “The Singapore Sling”, in The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 96:The letter was pure puffery, probably written by some clerk in North Korea's agitprop bureau, but [Donald] Trump loved it.
** 2024, Jeremy B. Rudd, A Practical Guide to Macroeconomics, p. 2
    Like most pieces of agitprop, the Lucas and Sargent paper vastly overstated the deficiencies of the old order.
* (countable) An instance of such propaganda.
* (countable) An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda.

#### Alternative forms

* agit prop
* agit-prop

#### Derived terms

* agitpop

#### Translations
### Verb

agitprop (third-person singular simple present agitprops, present participle agitpropping, simple past and past participle agitpropped)
* (transitive, intransitive, politics) To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc.
** 1929, Harry W[ellington] Laidler, Norman Thomas, editors, The Socialism of Our Times: A Symposium (Prelude to Depression), New York, N.Y.: Da Capo Press, published 1976, →ISBN, page 241:Anyone who has seen a class struggler at work, agitpropping around Union Square, or the back streets of the Loop, realizes that, by the very nature of things, he or she is so possessed of that particular barricading dream as to lose touch with all reality, [...]
** 1957, Trace, London: Villiers Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10:With respect to a poet's facility in logomachy, boredom in the area of power politics theorisation, the seriousness or gaiety with which he agitprops his ego, the degree of his attitude toward the superior poet, or the rebelliousness or conformity of his disciples?
** 1971, Stephen D[enis] Kertesz, editor, The Task of Universities in a Changing World (International Studies of the Committee on International Relations, University of Notre Dame), Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, →ISBN, page 89:This is to suggest that the university will leave behind its more limited work and bourgeois integrity in order to undertake the task of brain-trusting and agitpropping for the revolution.
** 1987, Fatma Mansur, Phoenix in Her Blood: A Historical Entertainment, Beverley, North Humberside: Eothen Press, →ISBN, page 157:Envoys and missionaries agitpropped in the four corners of the Empire, [...]
** 1990 December 20, Mel Gussow, “Review/Theater; apartheid re-echoes in a musical rendering of a strike’s bitterness”, in The New York Times‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2015, section C, page 11, column 1:More an insecure platform for Mr. [Mbongeni] Ngema's didacticism than a play with a life of its own, "Township Fever" is agit-propped with polemical sloganeering.
** 1993, Instauration, Cape Canaveral, Fla.: Howard Allen Enterprises, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 1:The double agent was Grant Bristow, who agit-propped for—not against—the right-wing Heritage Front and is now hiding in a safe house.
** 2005, Richard Grossinger, On the Integration of Nature: Post-9/11 Biopolitical Notes, Berkeley, Calif.: North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 99:I knew that he [Allen Van Newkirk] agitpropped other poetry readings and media events, e.g. the Underground Press Syndicate conference in Madison (shouting, "All media are lies").

#### Alternative forms

* agit-prop

#### Derived terms

* agitpropper
* agitpropping (adjective, noun)

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Compare “agitprop, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2012; “agitprop, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* agitprop on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Finnish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp); equivalent to agitaatio +‎ propaganda.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑɡitˌprop/, [ˈɑ̝ɡit̪ˌpro̞p]
* Rhymes: -op
* Hyphenation: agit‧prop

### Noun

agitprop
* (historical) agitprop

#### Declension

Possessive forms of agitprop (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
agitpropini
agitpropini
accusative
nom.
agitpropini
agitpropini
gen.
agitpropini
genitive
agitpropini
agitpropieni
partitive
agitpropiani
agitpropejani
inessive
agitpropissani
agitpropeissani
elative
agitpropistani
agitpropeistani
illative
agitpropiini
agitpropeihini
adessive
agitpropillani
agitpropeillani
ablative
agitpropiltani
agitpropeiltani
allative
agitpropilleni
agitpropeilleni
essive
agitpropinani
agitpropeinani
translative
agitpropikseni
agitpropeikseni
abessive
agitpropittani
agitpropeittani
instructive
comitative
—agitpropeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
agitpropisi
agitpropisi
accusative
nom.
agitpropisi
agitpropisi
gen.
agitpropisi
genitive
agitpropisi
agitpropiesi
partitive
agitpropiasi
agitpropejasi
inessive
agitpropissasi
agitpropeissasi
elative
agitpropistasi
agitpropeistasi
illative
agitpropiisi
agitpropeihisi
adessive
agitpropillasi
agitpropeillasi
ablative
agitpropiltasi
agitpropeiltasi
allative
agitpropillesi
agitpropeillesi
essive
agitpropinasi
agitpropeinasi
translative
agitpropiksesi
agitpropeiksesi
abessive
agitpropittasi
agitpropeittasi
instructive
comitative
—agitpropeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
agitpropimme
agitpropimme
accusative
nom.
agitpropimme
agitpropimme
gen.
agitpropimme
genitive
agitpropimme
agitpropiemme
partitive
agitpropiamme
agitpropejamme
inessive
agitpropissamme
agitpropeissamme
elative
agitpropistamme
agitpropeistamme
illative
agitpropiimme
agitpropeihimme
adessive
agitpropillamme
agitpropeillamme
ablative
agitpropiltamme
agitpropeiltamme
allative
agitpropillemme
agitpropeillemme
essive
agitpropinamme
agitpropeinamme
translative
agitpropiksemme
agitpropeiksemme
abessive
agitpropittamme
agitpropeittamme
instructive
comitative
—agitpropeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
agitpropinne
agitpropinne
accusative
nom.
agitpropinne
agitpropinne
gen.
agitpropinne
genitive
agitpropinne
agitpropienne
partitive
agitpropianne
agitpropejanne
inessive
agitpropissanne
agitpropeissanne
elative
agitpropistanne
agitpropeistanne
illative
agitpropiinne
agitpropeihinne
adessive
agitpropillanne
agitpropeillanne
ablative
agitpropiltanne
agitpropeiltanne
allative
agitpropillenne
agitpropeillenne
essive
agitpropinanne
agitpropeinanne
translative
agitpropiksenne
agitpropeiksenne
abessive
agitpropittanne
agitpropeittanne
instructive
comitative
—agitpropeinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
agitpropinsa
agitpropinsa
accusative
nom.
agitpropinsa
agitpropinsa
gen.
agitpropinsa
genitive
agitpropinsa
agitpropiensa
partitive
agitpropiaan agitpropiansa
agitpropejaan agitpropejansa
inessive
agitpropissaan agitpropissansa
agitpropeissaan agitpropeissansa
elative
agitpropistaan agitpropistansa
agitpropeistaan agitpropeistansa
illative
agitpropiinsa
agitpropeihinsa
adessive
agitpropillaan agitpropillansa
agitpropeillaan agitpropeillansa
ablative
agitpropiltaan agitpropiltansa
agitpropeiltaan agitpropeiltansa
allative
agitpropilleen agitpropillensa
agitpropeilleen agitpropeillensa
essive
agitpropinaan agitpropinansa
agitpropeinaan agitpropeinansa
translative
agitpropikseen agitpropiksensa
agitpropeikseen agitpropeiksensa
abessive
agitpropittaan agitpropittansa
agitpropeittaan agitpropeittansa
instructive
comitative
—agitpropeineen agitpropeinensa :
Inflection of agitprop (type 5*B/risti)
singular
plural
nominative
agitprop
agitpropit
genitive
agitpropin
agitproppien
partitive
agitproppia
agitproppia
accusative
agitprop agitpropin
agitpropit
inessive
agitpropissa
agitpropeissa
elative
agitpropista
agitpropeista
illative
agitproppiin
agitproppeihin
adessive
agitpropilla
agitpropeilla
ablative
agitpropilta
agitpropeilta
allative
agitpropille
agitpropeille
essive
agitproppina
agitproppeina
translative
agitpropiksi
agitpropeiksi
abessive
agitpropitta
agitpropeitta
instructive
agitpropein
comitative
agitproppeineen :

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

agitprop f (plural agitprops)
* agitprop

### Further reading

* “agitprop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English agitprop.

### Noun

agitprop m (plural agitprops)
* agitprop (Communist propaganda)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

agitprop m (Cyrillic spelling агитпроп)
* agitprop